This wood came from a tree I cut down last year. It was 60-80' straight up and I nice branched top. The base was close to 30" wide. It was standing dead and lost all it's bark when I bucked it up. It split fairly easy from what I remember even though it looks stringy. seems to be burning great and gives off good heat. It's not all that heavy but I think that's bc of how dry it is. Haven't had a chance to take my MM to a split piece yet. Here are a few pics of the splits. Any ideas???
Almost positive that is elm Tri......Question is american elm or red elm....my money's on american. Decent stuff, burns and heats similar to cherry. Some folks don't like it because green it is hard to split but I sort of like it.
It is what we call red elm around here. Burns great and good heat as opposed to pi$$ elm which can be punky w/lower heat output.
Definitely Elm. The patterns on the 3rd picture are the galleries chewed out elm bark beetle. I leave it to others to decide which kind of elm it is.
We look for red elm to cut for firewood but it has to be split and cured as opposed to the 20 year old cut hedge that I can chunk up and burn right away.
Great, thanks guys!! Good to know! I've been mixing it in with my ash that tested at around 20-24% MC and the combo has been great!
You're right Dennis, my stacks have a little over a cord of ash mixed in there with some mulberry and cherry.
